Our lil'Pun'kin

These pictures of Gehrig were taken on October 13 at our second playgroup - the pumpkin was carved by his aunt kel. Gehrig can't wait for his first halloween!

GO WAHOOs!

Our boy loves mommy's school!

Gehrig 9 weeks

Here's our boy at 9 weeks old - he smiled for the first time on his 9-week "birthday"

7weeks-1 day video

Gehrig's first videos

Gehrig Sheldon Whitney is Born!

He arrived August 5, 2009 at 5:19 pm - 6 lbs, 15.7 oz (or 7 lbs) and 19 inches long!

They induced labor around 9:30am - I got the epidural around 11:30... and he was born approx 6 hours later! We are over the moon!

Leaving for the hospital!

Here we are leaving for the hospital - Gehrig surprised us by showing up 2.5 weeks early! My water broke at 4am on August 5 - we were two days into having our house painted! Here are some of the pictures of right before we left for the hospital and what our house looked like!

Belly picture -36 weeks

Here's a belly picture at 36 weeks!

July 24 - Sold Betty B!

We sold the convertible on July 24! A sad momma-to-be says goodbye to her fun car!

Fourth of July 2009 - 33 Weeks Pregnant

Our last weekend to leave the Arlington area - and our last getaway as a 'twosome' :) Rich surprised me with a trip to the Eastern Shore! We stayed at a wonderful B&B called "The Inn at 202 Dover" in Easton. It was amazing! We spent most of our time enjoying the local area and food - it was SO relaxing! We picked out a name for our baby boy - we can't wait to share his name once he arrives! Here are a few of our pictures (including new belly shots)

The Nursery!

Our furniture arrived on June 13, 2009 - here is the nursery almost all set up!

Belly Pictures - 29 weeks, 1 day

Here are a few belly pictures from Saturday, June 6, 2009. Enjoy!

28 weeks sonogram - 4D!

Here are the pictures of our little boy at 28 weeks! We got lucky -- the doctor was testing new sonogram equipment, so we have 4-D pictures! They can be a little weird looking, (he kind of looks like he's melting) - BUT its still very neat to see what he looks like :) enjoy!

Engaged! Magazine

Rich and I have our photo in Engaged! Magazine - the spring 2009 edition. We purchased one, and the picture looks really great in it! Here is the link http://www.engagedmagazine.com/spring09/ -- we are on page 167 :)

It's a Boy!

Here are pictures taken on April 10, 2009 - when we found out we are having a baby boy! The anatomy pictures are taken looking from the bottom up - his feet make a backwards "C" and in the middle, you can tell its a boy :)

Belly pictures - 21 weeks 2 days

Here are a few belly pictures taken on April 12, 2009 (Easter Sunday!). We are 21 weeks and 2 days...

Finding out the baby's gender - April 10, 2009

April 10, 2009 - Rich and I found out the sex of our first baby! Rich took me out to a surprise dinner at DC Coast - DC Coast is one of our favorite date spots from the "dating years." He had flowers delivered and waiting for me on the table with a nice card. We had the sonographer put the appropriate sex baby in the paper baby stoller (see picture - the girl would have been carrying ballet slippers instead of a football) and seal the envelope along with the sonogram pictures. After we ordered dinner and appetizers we opened the envelope! These pictures are from right before we opened the envelope to right after, and one includes a picture of what we opened.

Sonogram Pictures - 17 weeks

Here are the two pictures we got from our unscheduled sonogram - you can see baby whitney's little hand - all five fingers! He/She is saying HI!!

17 Weeks

March 13, 2009 - we are 17 weeks pregnant! On March 12, we had a small scare, I had a lot of bad pains, which lasted all day. We had an unscheduled sonogram on Friday (3/13) to be sure baby whitney was alright. It was great to see our little on moving around and kicking - so much that the sonographer had a hard time catching up with the baby. The baby measured 6 inches! A little ahead of the curve for 17 weeks - taking after his/her parents :) Here are a few pictures of m-2-b's baby bump

Baby Whit - 13 weeks, 5 days - The Heartbeat!

We had a regular check-up today at 13 weeks, 5 days - everything looks good so far! I brought my camera to capture the heartbeat - it sounds slightly different in-person, but this gives you an idea of how wonderful it is to hear the baby's heartbeat! Sincerely, the best sound I've ever heard!
Mom is happy to be entering the second trimester! Six months to go :)

Rich's Birthday Gift to Kris

For my birthday this year, Rich surprised me with tickets to the Zach Brown band and Little Big Town at the 9:30 club in DC! First he took me out to dinner at Cafe Nema on U Street where we had some fantastic Mediterranean food, and I enjoyed some hot lemon water (they were lacking non-caffeinated hot drinks). On our walk to the 9:30 club we stopped for a yummy Grande of hot chocolate at starbucks! This was a key purchase since we had to wait in a long line in the cold to get in - it turned out to go by very quickly, but I was thrilled to have yummy hot chocolate! Little Big Town played our wedding song - it was fantastic! I took a video of the live performance of our wedding song and I have included it below... enjoy! Thanks hubby!

Whitney baby at 8 weeks 4 days

Here is our first picture of baby whitney - taken January 16, 2009 (this is not as clear as the ones we just got on Monday)

Whitney Family Addition!

We are excited to share our exciting news! Rich and I are expecting our first baby on August 21, 2009! As of February 11, 2009 - I am 12 weeks and 6 days along (almost out of the first trimester!). We have decided to find out the sex of the baby - which will happen around week 20 (Beginning of April).

We found out on December 19, 2008 that we are expecting - which made hiding our news hard around the holidays! I drank a lot of non-alcoholic beer to fool friends.

We had our first trimester genetic disorder testing on February 9, 2009 - so far the doctor says everything looks good! The baby's heart rate is strong at 155 bpm. It is so much fun to see our little bean swimming around :) The picture you see here is from that sonogram - a close-up of our baby's profile.